Methylprednisolone is a synthetic corticosteroid drug used primarily as an anti-inflammatory or immunosuppressant agent for diseases of hematologic, allergic, inflammatory, neoplastic, and autoimmune origin; also for graft-versus-host disease.

Mar 30, 2016
(Started Feb 17, 2010)

Advice & Tips:
3 days of infusions for MS hugs and numbness. Last infusion was April 1, 2016. Numbness already improved. Weak and tired. Very hungry.

Feb 17, 2010
(Started Feb 17, 2010)

Effectiveness

Major
(for relapse MS (exacerbation))

Side effects

Mild
(increased insomnia)

Adherence

Never taken as prescribed

Burden

A little hard to take

Dosage:
120 mg
Daily

Advice & Tips:
I was 3 days of IV infusion for "hug" spasms that didn't respond to medication. It did help, gradually but I felt awful by the 3rd treatment and it was difficult to work full time while undergoing this treatment.